Amazon Negro River Half-Day Expedition Tour

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Itinerary

1. Leaving your hotel at 8.30am to the port of where you will depart in a double deck boat. The boat will navigate downstream the Negro River, until the meeting of the waters. During this trip the guide will be giving information about the native people along the river, the land and lots more. On arrival at the meeting of the waters the guide will explain about the amazing natural phenomena of the rivers. There is a possibility to see the river dolphins (grey and pink). Then the boat continue navigating toward the Januari Ecological Park, where you disembark for a short forest walk of 20 minutes to see the enormous trees (only in the dry season). Embark in a motorized canoe to make a tour on the narrow creeks inside the Solimoes river where we see the Vitoria Regia the famous water lilies, also looking for birds, animals and see the caboclos houses (which is native people of the region) that exist in this park. Lunch will be served on a floating restaurant. After lunch you visit the native floating hand craft shop where you have the opportunity to buy souvenirs. Return to Manaus, arriving at 13.00pm at the Manaus port. -------------------- ITINERARY -------------------- Sample itinerary, times subject to change • 8:30am: Pickup at the hotel reception • 9am: Board boat and cruise to the Lake Januari • 10am: Board canoes and head into the waterways • 11am: Piranhas fishing • 12pm: Lunch on a floating restaurant • 1:30-1:40pm: Return to Port Manaus

   4 h

Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

Reviews

Ratings come from 150 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.

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• 5Pink dolphins

  Swimming with the pink dolphins is a life dream come true

  songsongz2022October 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Well Run and With Experience

  A touristic experience. But what mattered most was Fleix arranged transportation to leave the tour early to make my flight. Saw the river dolphins up close, lunch was really good too, buffet of quality food. Restroom and bar on board, easy and delightful experience!

  candebatSeptember 2026via Tripadvisor

• 4Nice half day boat tour

  Overall this is a really nice tour. Our guide was amazing. He spoke English and was really friendly. We managed to spot a sloth in the trees thanks to him. It's been a great experience even though some parts felt like tourist traps. To swim with the dolphins you have to pay extra and same if you want to feed the pirarucu fish. The coconuts sold by the villagers were way overprised. The water lilies also were disappointing. Not at all as showed in the pictures. However, it was fun so I would recommend it.

  giuliagC909MASeptember 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Nathaniel is great!

  Nathaniel is the best tour guide ever. The ride was nice and he translated well.

  879d_nbAugust 2026via Tripadvisor

• 5Exciting private river tour!!!

  I contacted this tour operator on WhatsApp for a three-hour private tour for two. The organization was precise and punctual! We were picked up at the indicated point in the city center and then at the end taken back to our hotel, which wasn't exactly in the city center. The boatman first took us swimming with pink dolphins; it was truly exciting, especially since we were the only ones there! We then set off on a picturesque boat ride through the forest. We reached another docking point where we could disembark and walk through the forest on a boardwalk, listening to the sounds of nature. Finally, we set off for the final stop, the meeting of the waters, where he let us feel the difference in temperature between the two rivers. The only thing that could be improved is that the guide didn't speak English but he still tried to explain things to us and we understood each other a little.

  bascomat78July 2026via Tripadvisor

• 1Scam - Not As Described

  This tour was booked to start at 9am but didn’t commence until after 10am. The tour operator appeared to have merged two tours with different itineraries and start times together. As a result we didn’t get what we expected and got back much later than expected. It was supposed to be a trip on a large boat which then transferred to smaller motorized canoes for some aspects of the trip. This did not happen. Additional, a major focus of the trip was supposed to include looking for pink and grey dolphins. There was absolutely no attempt to do this which resulted in a number of guests complaining about the trip. We complained to Viator who have provided a partial refund but this is not good enough as we had to book an alternative trip on another day with our cruise line to do the dolphins spotting so we are out of pocket. When we get home, we will be asking our credit card provider to reverse the whole cost to make up for our financial loss as the partial refund because we saw part of what was scheduled just does not cut it because of the extra expense that we incurred.

  Nicholas_TApril 2026via Viator

Know before you go

How it compares in Manaus

• Its from-price is 61% below the median of the 119 experiences we list in Manaus.
• Its length is typical for the group.
• By number of reviews it ranks 5 of 119.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Manaus

Manaus is the Amazon's great river port, a rubber-boom city with an opera house, where the dark Rio Negro meets the pale Solimões.

Manaus rose on the rubber trade of the late nineteenth century, and the wealth of that era shows in the Teatro Amazonas, an opera house topped with a dome tiled in the colours of the Brazilian flag. The municipal market beside the port, with ironwork shipped from Europe, sells fish, fruit, herbs and handicrafts, and old floating docks line the waterfront.

Top-ranked sights in Manaus: Meeting of Waters (Encontro das Aguas), Amazon Theatre (Teatro Amazonas), Port of Manaus (Porto Flutuante).

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